Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
This lesson encourages student writing by combining an art project with a creative writing assignment. Through guided inquiry and responses, students elicit responses that inform their creative writing piece. While this lesson is currently aligned only to ninth grade standards, it would be appropriate... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: November 22nd, 2022
Creative Writing
While Shakespeare is the king of the British play, Shakespearean language is often difficult for students to understand. In this lesson, students employ music and critical thinking strategies as they learn to better understand the language of the Bard. It would be best to teach this lesson when starting... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: November 22nd, 2022
Understanding Shakespeare
Students will learn about the FAFSA process and complete their own demo FAFSA application. Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: January 24th, 2023
Standard 7: Paying for College
What does it mean to have a plan for a postsecondary college or career? This lesson encourages students to explore their career choices and develop a plan to achieve their career goals. Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: January 24th, 2023
College and Career Readiness
This lesson analyzes the impact of minor political parties on national elections. Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: November 17th, 2022
U.S Government
This lesson focuses on the accomplishments and culture of the Spiro Mounds builders and their impact on Oklahoma history. Students will take notes as they watch an interview with a Spiro Mounds archaeologist and read about pre-contact cultures before completing a Two-Minute Paper to summarize what they've... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: February 27th, 2023
Oklahoma History
This lesson explores the role of segregation in Oklahoma's laws as well as the role Oklahoma played in the desegregation of the United States. Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: November 4th, 2022
Individual Rights and Majority Rule
Renaissance artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Donatello are key figures in the realms of both history and art, but some students might recognize their names only from a particular popular cartoon series. This lesson focuses on the iconic art of the Renaissance and allows students... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: March 17th, 2023
World History and the Renaissance
Is love really like a red, red rose? Or is that just a way to describe how someone feels about love? This lesson explores different types of figurative language used by Shakespeare in "Romeo and Juliet." Students will play a short game to identify types of figurative language, develop their own definitions... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: November 4th, 2022
Figurative Language in Romeo and Juliet
This lesson, used in conjunction with Ray Bradbury's short story "A Sound of Thunder," guides students to determine their own definitions for cause, effect, and foreshadowing, find examples of these concepts in the text, and create a brochure based on the story's fictional Time Travel, Inc. This lesson... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: September 6th, 2022
Analyzing Short Stories
